Lesson 11 How to describe “doing things at the same time” in Chinese?

In this busy world, don’t we all live in a multi-task life style? To describe things that are undertaken at the same time in Chinese might be a challenge to you if you don’t know what sentence pattern to use. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to.

Say you want to say: “He’s chatting with his friend while watching TV.”

For this type of sentences in Chinese, usually there are two sentence patterns you can choose from:

…( yī) biān…( yī) biān…

…(一)边…(一)边…

 

… yòu… yòu…

…又…又…

Before we start on examples, please spend some time to learn new words first. You can use the estroke tool embedded underneath the new word table to help you on the stroke orders if needed.

hé	péng you	liáo tiān
和 (and)	朋友 (friend)	聊天 (chat)
1. L11-he	2. L11-peng-you	3. L11-liao-tian
kàn	diànshì	dǎgōng
看 (look at)	电视 (TV)	打工 (do labor job, work)
4. L11-kan	5. L11-dian-shi	6. L11-da-gong
shàng xué	yùn dòng	yīn yuè
上学 (go to school)	运动 (exercise, sports)	音乐 (music)
7. L11-shang-xue	8. L11-yun-dong	9. L11-yin-yue